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The Selected Poetry Of Yehuda Amichai Spiral-Bound | February 15, 2013

Yehuda Amichai, Chana Bloch (Translated by), Stephen Mitchell (Translated by), C.K. Williams (Foreword by)

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Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000) was Israel's most popular poet, as well as a literary figure of international reputation. In this collection, renowned translators Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell have selected Amichai's most beloved poems, including forty poems from his later work. A new foreword by C.K. Williams, written especially for this edition, addresses Amichai’s enduring legacy and sets his poetry in the context of the new millennium.
Publisher: University of California Press
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 224 pages
ISBN-10: 0520275837
Item Weight: 0.7 lbs
Dimensions: 6.0 x 0.6 x 9.0 inches
"An ideal choice of the poet."
-Benjamin Ivry / Forward Newspaper
Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000) is widely considered the greatest contemporary Israeli poet, and a pioneering stylist in modern Hebrew.

C.K. Williams is a poet, translator, and critic, and winner of the Pulizter Prize for Poetry for Repair (1999). His most recent collection is Writers Writing Dying (2012).

Chana Bloch's many books include The Song of Songs: A New Translation and The Windows: New and Selected Poetry of Dahlia Ravikovitch. Stephen Mitchell's numerous translations include The Book of Job, A Book of Psalms, and Genesis.